bocce — meaning in English

English meaning

• bocce noun An outdoor game like bowls, played on a long dirt court or informally on grass.
• bowls noun A precision outdoor sport in which players roll weighted balls to land as close as possible to a smaller target ball.

Senses

bocce is used for these senses in English:

• bocce (sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court, or informally, as a lawn game.
• boules bowls; a game played with metal balls.
• bowls A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.

bocce — full definition

1. noun An outdoor game like bowls, played on a long dirt court or informally on grass.
2. noun One of the balls a player throws in the game of bocce.

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